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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/pta at UPMC St. Margaret
815 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1790795359
$6,277.20
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$10,462.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$386.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $11,893.06 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $386.68 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA CHIP/PA Medicaid | $386.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $521.32 | ↓ -92% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $548.77 | ↓ -91% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $599.08 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $1,423.19 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $2,636.42 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2,860.92 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $2,866.59 | ↓ -54% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $2,929.36 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $2,929.36 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $3,168.72 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $3,975.56 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $4,119.19 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $4,184.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,184.80 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $4,243.80 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $5,131.61 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $5,516.74 | ↓ -12% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $7,323.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $8,369.60 | ↑ +33% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $8,369.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | UPMC Emergent | $8,487.59 | ↑ +35% |
| Humana | Commercial | $8,892.70 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $9,334.97 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $11,352.46 | ↑ +81% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $11,675.74 | ↑ +86% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $11,676.82 | ↑ +86% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $11,893.06 | ↑ +89% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Thrombectomy/inf pq dialysis circuit w/pta at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $8,026.20 | $386.68 – $11,893.06 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $5,811.60 | $386.68 – $11,352.46 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $11,800.20 | $386.68 – $16,716.95 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $24,300.00 | $386.68 – $30,375.00 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $3,903.00 | $386.68 – $5,204.00 |